02845cam a2200385 i 4500 21384125 OSt 20250425093455.0 200113s2020 nyua b 001 0 eng 2020930612 9780316458313 (hardcover) DLC eng rda DLC pcc Cir,/306.7663/D2611 Davis, Lisa, Tomboy : the surprising history and future of girls who dare to be different / Lisa Selin Davis. New York : Hachette Books, 2020. xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Is the tomboy--Scout Finch, Pippi Longstocking, Harriet The Spy, Juno--an endangered species? Based on a provocative op-ed that journalist Lisa Selin Davis wrote for the New York Times, TOMBOY provides a comprehensive look, and celebration, of tomboys--girls who defy expectations based on their gender. Davis traces the trajectory of tomboys from a Victorian ideal to a twenty-first-century fashion statement, from an American childhood phase to a vibrant sexuality and gender identity. It's a thought-provoking investigation of the evolution of girls who resist the feminine expectations hoisted upon them by society, and a revealing look at how internalized sexism and outdated marketing have narrowed our ideas of what's normal based on gender and sex. Davis illuminates the debates about what is masculine and feminine, boy and girl, cis and trans, and tomboy. She includes interviews with everyone from designers to Shakespearean scholars, to nonconforming tomboys of all sorts from ages 8-80, and peppers her prose with the latest findings from psychologists and scientists who study the biological bases for gender-bending behavior. In TOMBOY, Davis celebrates the strength of girls who resisted the pressure of gender norms. Women who learned not to care about others' approval, and summoned their own courage to love as their true selves, despite the intense pressure to look and behave like everyone else. Davis reinvents the word and in TOMBOY, she tackles an intellectual and emotional makeover of what you think of gender. Ultimately, Davis learns that gender nonconformity can be--and often is--a true gift"-- Tomboys History. Women History. Gender identity History. Sex role. Sex role in children. Sex differences (Psychology) Sex differences (Psychology) in children. Social change. 7 cbc orignew 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 9012 9012 0 0 ddc 0 0 CIR SPMT-CAS SPMT-CAS DISPLAY 2025-04-25 Donated from Webster University 0 Cir. 306.7663 D2611 010304 2025-04-25 00:00:00 2025-04-25 BK